St Giles and The Wise Group have worked side by side for over five years, bringing more than a century of combined experience in justice, rehabilitation and whole-person support. Today, we are deepening that partnership — strengthening a national approach that combines lived experience, relational mentoring, whole-family support and evidence-led practice.
People leaving custody aren’t failed by a lack of effort. They’re failed by the system not joining up around them. Housing, health, income, family relationships, work and recovery all shape whether someone stabilises after release – yet these systems often operate in silos.
The strengthened St Giles–Wise partnership provides a single, integrated approach that joins up services around the individual.
Together we bring:
- Continuity from custody to community, with trusted relationships that hold far beyond the prison gate.
- Whole-person, multi-outcome support, recognising that four in five people face three or more intertwined needs.
- Strong community infrastructure, activating housing associations, ICBs, employers, councils, recovery networks, energy partners and grassroots organisations.
- Data and insight at scale – over one million data points a year across 15 domains, tracking what drives stability and what derails it.
- Lived-experience leadership, supporting engagement with people who do not trust statutory systems.
- Demonstrable public value, including an evidenced return per £1 invested and more than £50m in annual social value.
Tracey Burley, Chief Executive of St Giles:
“For over five years, our organisations have worked closely together, combining more than a century of frontline and strategic experience. Deepening this partnership gives people the stability, trust and continuity they need at a critical moment in their lives. This is a practical and powerful step forward for rehabilitation.”
Sean Duffy, Chief Executive of the Wise Group:
“This partnership isn’t new – it’s proven. We’ve spent half a decade delivering alongside St Giles, and together we bring over 100 years of experience in justice, prevention and community support. By deepening our partnership, we’re offering a system-integrator model that joins up services, reduces crisis demand and delivers real public value.”
The justice system is under acute pressure: court backlogs, remand volumes, mental health challenges, homelessness, and limited capacity in local systems. Government is calling for deeper integration across MoJ, DWP, Health, Housing and local services.
After five years of successful joint delivery and more than 100 years of collective organisational experience, this is the right moment to scale and formalise what already works.
We stand ready to work with governments, communities and partners to deliver a national system-integrated rehabilitative pathway that reduces reoffending, strengthens stability and improves outcomes across multiple domains.
